Women's Volleyball

Volleyball Wins in Three at Worcester Polytech

Oct. 23, 2008

WORCESTER, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's volleyball team came from behind in the second game and went on to defeat host WPI in three games in a non-conference match at the Harrington Athletic Center Thursday evening. The Corsairs defeated the Engineers, 25-17, 28-26 and 25-18.

UMass Dartmouth, which led virtually all the way in the first game, trailed, 20-16 in the second game when Head Coach Steve DeRossi called a time out. They outscored WPI, 9-4 to take a 25-24 lead only to see the Engineers score the next two points. UMD rallied to score the next three points and take a 2-0 lead in the match.

"We showed major mental toughness in winning that game," said DeRossi. "If we had lost that game, who knows what would have happened."

"We made a lot of gutty plays," said DeRossi. "Melanie made some great decisions as far as moving the ball around. This was a big win, as WPI is much improved from the first time we played them."

The Corsairs improved to 12-9 with the victory, while WPI fell to 10-15 with the defeat. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they host Plymouth State and UMass Boston in a Little East Conference tri-match Saturday. "We have two very big matches Saturday, with UMass Boston one position ahead of us and Plymouth State one position behind us," said DeRossi.